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syrup 101
It takes 40gal.of sap to make 1gal of syrup. That is an average, it can go 60 to 1 if you have soft maples or a bad year. We had a run this year at 58to1, another was 34to1. There are a lot of variables when dealing with nature. Trees store sugar in the roots durning the previous year . The sugar is mixed with water from the ground and used as food for the buds in spring. We made 152gal on 400taps, giving us an average of a little over 3pints per tap as a season average. This was a very good year, we usually average only 2pts per tap. This is a very small % of the total volume of sap the tree produces.
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